The Industrial Giant Reborn

Hong Kong, Hutchison Building Headquarters:

"Chen Sheng, Hutchison Mining Company has been successfully registered. We have negotiated the final price with the European McLaren Exploration Company. The other party's quotation is 35 million US dollars. Here are their detailed information." Chen Zhiwen, who has long known the boss, today To come, Zhou Jiayang prepared relevant materials in advance.

"Let me take a look." Chen Zhiwen took the information, flipped through it and said, "This company is not small, with a team of more than 400 engineers, and its historical achievements are not bad."

"Yes, McClane Exploration has purchased a lot of the latest exploration equipment in recent years, and has also hired various technical personnel. The record has been very good over the years, and his boss also values ​​this company, but because of the oil crisis , As a result, other companies under his company are short of money, so they can only sell other companies." Zhou Jiayang said with a smile.

"This is a good opportunity." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said. The oil crisis is a major disaster for many companies that operate normally, especially for companies that rely on energy. The best time for assets. Too many companies, in order to keep their core industries, can only reluctantly sell other companies. Among them, there will be many with good potential.

"In terms of price, our acquisition team has already compared with many peers, including some listed companies. Deutsche Bank's suggestion is that this price is more appropriate and we can start with it." Zhou Jiayang added.

"Okay, let's get started, but Deutsche Bank needs to confirm the legal risks to avoid subsequent troubles." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and agreed.

Generally speaking, Chen Zhiwen would not do the acquisitions in Europe and the United States directly. Even for the acquisitions in Hong Kong, many of them entrusted professional institutions such as Huodoli. Goldman Sachs is looking for suitable acquisition targets in Europe and the United States.

Although it costs a lot of money to find these people, it can save a lot of time and energy, and more importantly, avoid certain legal risks. The most important thing for such companies is reputation. If any acquisition causes huge troubles to customers , that was not a small blow to them.

"Okay." Zhou Jiayang nodded, and asked again: "Chen Sheng, what should we do after the acquisition of McClane?"

Chen Zhiwen said: "It's good to keep the status quo, but we need to find Chinese engineers in this field from various exploration companies around the world, not to mention all, but I hope that in such companies with particularly strong technical requirements, there must be at least 30 to 40% Chinese engineers. When this aspect is almost done, He Huang can slowly control this McClane, and then complete the task I arranged."

"Okay, in fact, there are many companies in this field in Southeast Asia, but the technical strength is not good, but there should be a lot of Chinese talents in them. It is not difficult to hire some people." Zhou Jiayang said.

"Well, let me know when it's almost there." Chen Zhiwen paused, and said, "The Midea laboratory over there in the United States is testing a project that uses supercomputers to use data on changes in the earth's environment to analyze where there may be Resources such as minerals or petroleum and coal have already achieved some results.”

"There is such a technology?" Zhou Jiayang said in surprise.

"Of course, large oil companies, coal companies, or some metal mining giants are all doing research in this area. Although the probability of finding minerals is still very low, it is better than digging around with your eyes closed." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile : "In the mining industry, many giant companies have been established for a hundred years. If there is no such opportunity, I would not be able to enter this field. In the future, Hutchison's mining companies will have to rely on high technology if they want to become giants."

This kind of technology actually exists, but even in the 21st century, the accuracy rate is very low. Many large oil companies have invested billions of dollars in one place because they believed in this kind of data. A history of losing everything. But as long as it really exists, it makes sense for He Huang to dig out some mineral deposits in the future. Everyone is betting on probability, but I am luckier.

Of course, this aspect itself is also a technical direction. After Hutchison has made certain achievements, it will also invest funds into in-depth research in this aspect.

"I'm really ignorant about this. I never thought that the development of the computer field could affect the mining industry." Zhou Jiayang said.

"There are still many things that can be affected in the future." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. Computers and the subsequent Internet can be said to be half of the industrial revolution. No matter what industry, the emergence of the Internet has led to a significant increase in efficiency. In this In the process, how many traditional enterprises have been eliminated, and the root cause is that they have not kept up with the pace of the technological revolution.

"Then I have to learn more about computers." Zhou Jiayang said.

"There's no harm in learning more." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

"At home, it may be because we don't have too many excessive demands. The Yanjing City Government and the TJ City Government have agreed in principle to cooperate with us to build the Jingjintang Expressway. I plan to allocate an additional 2 million yuan first. U.S. dollars, arrange a domestic construction team to first investigate possible problems on the entire route, determine the route, and wait until the domestic government approves it. It is estimated that the route can almost be determined, or at least some road sections can be determined, so that Come, then we can start working directly." Zhou Jiayang continued.

"Okay, the money doesn't matter, the time is more important. Has there been any disclosure from the domestic side, and when will it be confirmed?" Chen Zhiwen asked. A mere $2 million is just a drop in the bucket for Hutchison today, so pay in advance In other words, even if it saves a few months, it is worth it. Besides, the money paid in advance can be counted in when the cooperation is confirmed later.

The construction of expressways is a very complicated project. Demolition and relocation are trivial matters. Nowadays, domestic arrangements are very good for this aspect, and Hehuang will not be stingy. When it comes to demolition, it will build a new one nearby. , of course, this land has to be arranged by the local government.

What is more troublesome is the water network and mountains that may exist along the way. These places will either build bridges or build tunnels. This requires early planning, and may even prepare many different plans. Calculate the cost, distance, and impact of each plan. The impact of the surrounding environment and economy, etc., and then internal approval and approval by the relevant state departments, it will take a long time.

However, an expressway itself will be completed section by section. Whichever section is determined first, this section will be built first, and even a section of road will take a long time. During this period, other sections of road will definitely be approved , It would not be a waste of time to go one after another.

"Okay, then the domestic side can start construction first, but there are no talents proficient in expressways on the Hutchison Infrastructure side, so we still have to rely on the domestic side." Zhou Jiayang said.

"There shouldn't be any in China, right?" Chen Zhiwen asked. Before the opening, the main mode of transportation in China was still the train, and there was basically no high-speed transportation. Even many officials of the Ministry of Communications didn't know much about it. I learned that the efficiency of high-speed trains far exceeds that of trains.

"Yes, none of them, but the domestic side has also invited some experts in this field from abroad, which can be regarded as a bit of a foundation." Zhou Jiayang said.

"Then send some of our people there. Even if you don't know too much professionally, you should at least know the basics. In the future, highways will be one of the key points for our investment in the country." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said, Hutchison Huang's team has a fairly good understanding of port infrastructure. It should be no problem to copy this aspect to China, but for high-speed, it is all based on 0 foundation, so we still need to learn more.

"Okay, I'll arrange a team to go there too." Zhou Jiayang nodded in agreement.